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Here’s our “Living” Magazine Cover and Spread released with the October issue of Outside Magazine. Photographed with the Red One camera, we created our vision of how a motion-magazine of the not-too-distant future would look based on emerging technologies like flexible OLED and E Ink.
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Love this post and all of your work. Can you talk a bit about the lighting of this video? How much testing was involved to solve the problem?
Thanks for the great work and showing us behind the scenes.
Comment by M.D. Welch 10.05.09 @ 10:14 AM[...] get a peek at exactly that in this “Living Magazine Spread,” by Alexx Henry. In it, the whole crew — continuous light and all — has to keep up with a triathlon [...]
Pingback by Magazines in Motion | | A Seattle-based wedding and portrait photographer 10.05.09 @ 10:28 AMVisionary “visualinary” very impressed and captivated with this new medium and the level of professionalism you are approaching it with.
I have been in film production for thirty-five years but have been rediscovering myself in stills over the last eight, the motion that comes from stills. The study of the single frame somehow relates back to motion for me. You are evolving a fascinating concept. Keep up the good work.
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Thanks! We’ve worked with the B2Pros before so we knew what to expect with the quality of light. If you’re in LA give Steve or Tristan a call at B2Pro. They set up demos frequently are are very helpful.
Comment by Alexx 10.05.09 @ 4:33 PMIt use to take a photographer and a writer to do a story now you need (It looked like) a dozen or more. With the publishing world going down the tube I wonder how a publication could afford such an effort.,
grant haller, former photojournalist with the dead Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Comment by Grant Haller 10.06.09 @ 5:56 AM[...] out the video above from Alexx Henry (Alex’s Original post). Alex demonstrates the way he foresee Magazines evolution. Definitely worth watching. var [...]
Pingback by “Living” Magazine | Nir Dremer Photography 10.06.09 @ 3:31 PM[...] this on the Strobist blog this afternoon. And this is from the guy’s blog – Here’s our “Living” Magazine Cover and Spread released with the October issue of Outside [...]
Pingback by ‘Living Magazine Spread’ « tannerherriott.com 10.06.09 @ 4:55 PM[...] So liebe Fotokollegen, ich hoffe ihr habt alle schon eine Videokamera oder zumindest eine videofähige DSLR zu Hause. Sonst werden wir alle, zumindest wenn’s so kommt wie es Alexx Henry prophezeit, schon recht bald recht alt aussehen. Ein spannendes Video dazu findet ihr in seinem Blog. [...]
Pingback by Zukunftsmusik « blog.actionpixel.de 10.09.09 @ 8:35 AM[...] came across this today. It’s a piece on converging media and how magazines (if they survive the next 5 years [...]
Pingback by Them thar pictures be a'movin!! | Hans the Monkey 10.09.09 @ 11:02 AMHi Alexx, great work on the living cover and spread items, Very cool!
I’m wondering what medium/method they are “currently” using to get these out? I understand the future concepts, which are very cool. How are they building these into there current online mag?
Comment by Brian 06.23.10 @ 7:33 AMDid you ever consider adding some differing opinions to your article? I think it might enhance everyone’s understanding.
Comment by low cost outsourcing vietnam 03.30.11 @ 4:32 AMThanks so much for this! I havent been this moved by a blog post for quite some time! You’ve got it, whatever that means in blogging. Anyway, You are certainly someone that has something to say that people need to hear. Keep up the great work. Keep on inspiring the people!
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